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UPDATE: Contest closed. I've decided to give the three blogger who commented here, each a book of their choice. I won't be doing another BAFAB until October. Thanks for playing.
Once again it's Buy A Friend A Book during the first week of January. Go here for more information. To enter, just leave a comment on this post for your chance to win a book of your choice from Amazon.com ($20 maximum). Winner will be announced here and will be notify by email. Last day to enter is January 8. Winner will be announce on January 9 or later that week. Good luck.
10 random books that I recommended:
01. Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto
02. The Princess Bride: S Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
03. The Elephant Vanishes: Stories by Haruki Murakami
04. This year it will be different by Maeve Binchy
05. Reading like a writer by Francine Prose
06. The Pocket Muse Endless Inspiration: New Ideas for Writing by Monica Wood
07. Somewhere In Time by Richard Matheson
08. Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend by Graham Russell Gao
09. How to Be Lovely: The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life by Melissa Hellstern
10. If i knew, don't you think i'd tell you? by Jann Arden
Buy a friend a book - Jan '08
Christmas Cards Giveaway
Update 2: A winner has been chosen using random.org. Out of 26 entries - the final winner is number 8. Congratulations to Bebemiqui! Thanks everyone for playing!
Update: Entry Closed. Today or later this week, the winner will be announced here. Thanks for playing.
Prize: 10 Christmas cards (4 designs - you get to choose how many for each design) at Zazzle. Above is one of the designs, click on image to see that design. See all 4 designs here.
Here's how to enter: Leave a comment on this post and make sure I have a way to reach you - either through a blog link or an email.
When: Entry starts today. Winner will be announced here and will be notify by email. Contest ends on December 10, 2007. Winner will be chosen randomly and will be announce here on or after December 11. Good luck!
Buy a friend a book
UPDATE : We have a winner. Here's how it was picked:
1. Numbers were assigned by when the comments were posted. These numbers were then, written on pieces of paper
2. Stuffed into a piggy bank
3. Shaking the piggy bank until papers comes out, eliminated, then shaken again
4. Until one piece of paper was left. And the winner is number 3 which is Frances. Congratulations! Thanks everyone for playing.
Buy a friend a book
I am participating in Buy A Friend A Book week during the first week of October. It's about buying a book for someone for no good reason. Go here for more information.Just leave a comment to enter to win a book of your choice from Amazon.com ($20 maximum). Winner will be announced here and will be notify by email. Contest ends on October 7th. Below is a list of recommended books:
01. The River King by Alice Hoffman02. The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
03. On Writing by Stephen King
04. The man who ate the 747 by Ben Sherwood
05. Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade: How to Survive Life's Smaller Challenges by Guy Browning
06. The opposite of fate: Memories of a writing life by Amy Tan
08. Hardboiled & Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto, Michael Emmerich (Translator)
09. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
10. Local Girls by Alice Hoffman
Other BAFAB contest:
Write from Karen
Welcome to My World of Dreams
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Hello, My Name Is Alice
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August Give-Away
UPDATE: We've got a winner!
Well, here it is, after 70 entries, with some odd comments and pleadings, I have finally got the winner. This was my first time hosting a contest and also in trying to pick a random winner. Here's how the winner was pick:
1. A number was assigned to each comment by the order they were received. I had to move some numbers up because of duplicate entries. Numbers were place on scraps of papers.
2. The papers were put into a piggy bank.
3. The piggy bank was shake with the bottom of the piggy bank open. (The paper won't come out of the small opening at the top.)
4. Shake until pieces of papers falls out - those were then eliminated - until at last - only one piece of paper was left.
The winner is number 24 -- which is Jennifer. Congratulations Jennifer! You will be receiving an email from me. Thanks to everyone who entered.
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UPDATE: Contest Closed
No more entries. Winner will be announce sometimes this week or next. Thanks everyone for playing. This contest was to win one (1) DVD (as in one movie) of your choice from either amazon.com or yesasia.com. I guess that wasn't quite clear.
Thanks Laane at Laane on the world for hosting a August giveaway. I hear she might even do another one in September so check out her site.
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"I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache. " Bette Davis
Fellow She Who Blogs member, Laane at Laane on the world is hosting a August giveaway. Read about it here. So I thought I join in. My love of foreign films led me to do this contest. This contest is to win one (1) DVD of your choice from either amazon.com or yesasia.com. Contest ends on August 31, 2007. Winner will be chosen randomly and will be announce here on or after September 1st.
The rules of this contest are simple:
(1) Leave a comment and make sure I have a way to reach you - either through a blog link or an email.
(2) You must be a resident of the United States.
That's it. No need to link to me or write a post or run a marathon. It would be appreciated that you would not submit anonymous comments - they will be deleted. I won't said how much I'm willing to spent as long as you pick a decent movie. Good luck!
I do recommend any foreign film that explores the ordinary life. Of cause I'm biased but you may pick American movies as well. It's your choice. Here's a list 10 of my favorite films that I recommend (some might not be available on DVD):
01. Love Letter (Japanese/2002)
02. Over The Rainbow (Korean/2002)
03. Roman holiday (1953)
04. Harvey (1950)
05. Sound of colors (Chinese/2003)
06. Now voyager (1942)
07. Il Mare (aka Siworae - Love across time) (Korean/2000)
08. The legend of 1900 (1999)
09. Christmas in August (Korean/1998)
10. Tokyo Story (Japanese/2003) or any Yasujiro Ozu films
lissa